The Independent Inquiry in to Child Sexual Abuse have today released their report on the institutional responses to allegations of child sexual abuse made against Greville Janner, the late Lord Janner of Braunstone QC, in circumstances where there has been no criminal conviction or civil finding of fact that the alleged abuse occurred. This investigation did not examine the truth or otherwise of the allegations.

At the time of his death, Lord Janner was awaiting trial in relation to allegations made by nine complainants and the prosecution were in the process of seeking to add charges in relation to three more complainants. Those 12 complainants formed part of a larger number of complainants who made allegations that Lord Janner had sexually abused them when they were children.

In total, the Inquiry received information relating to 33 complainants, including details of their allegations against Lord Janner, which spanned three decades, and the outcome of the police investigation into those complaints. The information supplied by all the participants assisted the Inquiry in examining institutional responses to those allegations.

Examination of institutional responses in the absence of formal court findings is an important feature of the Inquiry’s work. Much of the work undertaken by the statutory agencies responsible for child protection necessarily involves an assessment of the risks to children of sexual abuse where the alleged perpetrator has not been subject to formal proceedings. Such assessments are not constrained by a conviction of a perpetrator or an acquittal, or circumstances where there have been no court proceedings. Child protection and safeguarding arrangements must be considered regardless of the actions taken in respect of the alleged perpetrator.

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